On Monday, appointments were canceled for people looking to cross the U.S. border just minutes after President Donald Trump took his oath of office.
On Monday, the Trump administration made a move that left thousands of migrants heartbroken. The CBP One app, a tool created under President Biden’s administration to help asylum-seekers apply for legal entry into the U.
Down at the El Paso City Hall and Enrique Moreno County Courthouse, officials are discussing what's to be expected in El Paso with President Trump's newest executive orders to secure the southern border.
The American Dream has come crashing down for millions and millions of people who line up to get a chance to settle in the United States. Donald Trump has, with one signature, shut the door for them permanently.
The app has come under scrutiny in the past from Republicans, with some stating it has been used to hide illegal immigration.
The CBP One app has been highly popular, functioning as an online lottery system that grants appointments to 1,450 people daily at eight border crossings. These individuals enter the U.S. under immigration "parole," a presidential authority that Joe Biden has exercised more frequently than any other president since its creation in 1952.
"The first 100 days are going to be the most aggressive, change oriented policy proposals and procedures that we've ever seen," KOAT political expert Brian Sanderoff said.
Migrants who waited months to cross the U.S. border with Mexico learned their CBP One appointments had been canceled moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.
President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that included declaring a national emergency at the US southern border, immediately ending use of a border app called CBP One that had allowed migrants to legally enter the United States,
Action empowers agents in CBP and ICE to enforce Trump administration's 'immigration laws and catch criminal aliens -- including murderers and rapists -- who have illegally come into our country' - An